Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–

environment perspectiveAhuja, R, Jain, M, Sawhney, A and Arif, M

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Title Adoption of BIM by architectural firms in India : technology–organization–environment perspective

Authors Ahuja, R, Jain, M, Sawhney, A and Arif, M

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Adoption of BIM by Architectural Firms in India: Technology-Organization-

Environment Perspective

Abstract: Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being heralded as a remarkable

innovation in the built environment sector with expectations of lofty sector-wide

improvements. Some countries have shown remarkable levels of uptake of BIM, along the

way documenting some evidence of benefits stemming from BIM. However, countries like

India and China are late entrants in the BIM adoption journey and are seeing a slower

adoption rate. This study develops a model using the Technology–Organization–

Environment framework to study the factors influencing BIM adoption by architectural

firms in India and reasons for this slow adoption. The proposed model of BIM adoption is

tested using Partial Least Square method against responses collected from 184 industry

professionals based in India. Findings reveal that the adoption of BIM by Indian

architectural firms is at the “experimentation” stage with variables such as expertise,

trialability, and management support exhibiting a strong positive influence on BIM

adoption. The study also explains the status of BIM adoption in India with the help of a

multi-level social construct, which places the level of BIM adoption in India between the

micro-and meso level of organizational scales. Similarities and dissimilarities with

previous findings is discussed in the paper to highlight the findings of this study.

Keywords: Building Information Modelling (BIM); architectural firms; Partial Least

Square; Technology-Organization-Environment framework; BIM adoption

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Introduction

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is viewed as an “epochal transition” in design

practice (Eastman, Teicholz, Sacks, & Liston, 2011). Roles and responsibilities of major

stakeholders are changing due to the ongoing adoption of BIM (Sebastian, 2011). Broadly for the

architecture profession three major shifts are happening: (1) architectural design-practices are

changing; (2) design culture itself is changing; and (3) effort expended on non-value adding

activities during design and analysis is reducing (Coates et al., 2010; Sawhney, 2014a).

Architectural firms are among the first to adopt BIM (McGraw Hill Construction, 2014b; NBS,

2015). Design team initiation is the most common method of BIM adoption; reported at 58% in

the US and 90% in the UK (McGraw Hill Construction, 2014b). A study by Elmualim and Gilder

(2014) found that the design team and the client encourages innovation pertaining to application

of BIM. Anecdotally there are reports that some specialty contractors were early adopters of

BIM. Nevertheless, in most mature markets, BIM adoption has become much more pervasive

with some countries reporting BIM adoption among contractors exceeding that by architects and

designers. In countries where BIM usage is high, it has also become evident that from the initial

“lonely” BIM the transition has either taken place or is taking place to a more collaborative or

social form of BIM.

India is going through major urbanization and economic development. There are

estimates that India will build 700 to 900 million square meters of residential and commercial

space annually for the next decade or so (McKinsey Global Institute, 2010). With this expected

volume of construction, the Indian Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector is

poised to play a significant role. Clearly, the architectural organizations in India need to gear up

to this challenge that will require architectural firms to embrace modern and efficient methods of

design, collaboration and documentation. With this background, architects in India cannot

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overlook the use of BIM. Research conducted by Arayici et al. (2011b); Navendren, Manu,

Shelbourn, and Mahamadu (2014); Ramilo and Embi (2014) has shown that BIM adoption yields

efficiency gains, helps elimination of waste and generates value in small and medium

architectural firms.

The authors undertook a study to understand adoption of BIM by Indian architectural firms with

the hope that these findings will help determine similarities in BIM adoption amongst other

emerging nations and to find similarities (and dissimilarities) in the BIM adoption journey

between mature and less mature markets. Therefore, it is important to answer the following in

the Indian context. The research questions, which this study aims to answer, are:

Does a similar pattern of BIM adoption journey exist in other less mature markets like

India?

Is the situation similar in developing economies who have been late entrants to the BIM

adoption landscape (Xu, Feng, & Li, 2014)?

Can BIM provide similar benefits to architectural firms in India?

This research addresses the questions listed in this section by conducting a survey of Indian

architectural organizations.

The rest of this article is structured as shown in Figure 1Figure 1 below. First, there is discussion

literature related to BIM adoption and TOE framework. Second, the research hypotheses are

formulated and the structural model is developed. The study uses descriptive multi-level

framework as proposed by (Moum, 2010) to understand the adoption and implementation of

BIM within architectural firms in India. The study examines the role of project teams and their

influences across organizational boundaries (Eastman et al., 2011) to promote an effective

project-wide adoption of BIM. In doing this the study also examines macro, meso and micro

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level organizational scales (Succar, Sher, & Williams, 2012) to identify the enablers and

inhibitors affecting BIM adoption in India. Next, the methodology (data collection and analysis)

is outlined and the results of the data analysis are presented. Finally, the article concludes with a

discussion of the implication of the study and possible topics of future research.

Literature Review on BIM Adoption

Study of Technology-Organization-Environment

Framework

Development of Research Measures and Questionnaire

Design

Hypothesis Formulation for BIM Adoption – Development

of Structural Model

Survey

Analysis using Partial Least Square

Development of Confirmed Structural Model and

Hypothesis Testing

Figure 1: Flow diagram showing research process

Literature Review

In the last decade, BIM has received a lot of attention in both the practitioners’ and

researchers’ community. A recent study found that between 2004 and 2014, 975 academic papers

were published in the area of BIM (Yalcinkaya & Singh, 2015). The “what”, “why” and “how’

of BIM at the macro level has now been adequately addressed in the popular literature. An

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et al., (2011). Annual surveys in mature markets with some global perspectives are now

commonly available (McGraw Hill Construction, 2014a; NBS, 2015;Sawhney, 2014b) in the

industry.

Perceived and actual benefits of BIM implementation on projects have been investigated and

documented in popular literature within the research and professional communities. BIM has

been portrayed as a ‘change agent’ with benefits including added value to clients (McGraw Hill

Construction, 2014b); increased quality of communication and information flow (Mahalingam,

Yadav, & Varaprasad, 2015; Sacks, Koskela, Dave, & Owen, 2010); enhanced visualization

(Forgues, Staub-french, Tahrani, & Poirier, 2014); design error reduction (Love, Edwards, Han,

& Goh, 2011); collaboration in design and construction (Sacks et al., 2010); reduction in

variation and cycle times (Ahuja, Sawhney, & Arif, 2014); improved design coordination

(Hooper & Ekholm, 2010) and accurate quantity estimation (Sabol, 2008). The McGraw Hill

Construction (2014a) states that BIM helps to reduce rework and clashes; improve productivity

and reduce overall project duration.

With the help of Latent Semantic Analysis technique (Yalcinkaya and& Singh, (2015) have

traced a timeline of research activities in BIM and demonstrated that research focused upon

implementation and adoption of BIM is the most trending principal area of interest. While the

importance and benefits of BIM adoption have been documented (Barlish & Sullivan, 2012) the

extant literature has tended to provide limited importance to the study of inhibitors and

facilitators of BIM adoption in the architectural fraternity from regions where adoption remains

low.

(Miettinen and & Paavola, (2014) state that BIM needs to be analysed as a multidimensional,

historically evolving and a complex phenomenon. Challenges faced during the process of

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implementing new technology and presence of unidentified risk factors can reduce the expected

performance (Chien, Wu, & Huang, 2014). These risk factors if identified, understood and

analysed at an earlier stage, can allow BIM users to adopt and implement BIM successfully

(Chien et al., 2014).

Past research shows that BIM adoption can be enhanced and accelerated with the help of a well-

defined tool to facilitate BIM adoption. Various factors affecting BIM adoption have also been

identified which can be grouped into two main areas: technical and functional requirements, and

non-technical strategic issues (Gu & London, 2010). Another study, while trying to understand

adoption and use of BIM as the creation of actor networks, concludes that the possibility of

increased BIM application on projects is well aligned with the character of the industrial context

(Linderoth, 2010).

Recently (Xu et al., (2014) have documented a summary of studies focused upon identification

of factors influencing BIM adoption in various parts of the world. These studies provide a broad

context of BIM adoption with limited or no focus on architectural firms. Previous studies

investigating BIM adoption and implementation have so far been generic in nature and have not

conducted in-depth exploration of challenges being faced by specific disciplines (Navendren et

al., 2014). However, a few studies are available that investigate BIM adoption specifically in the

context of design firms. A review of literature by reveals (Son, Lee, & and Kim, (2015) reveals

study that identifies the factors that facilitate adoption of BIM among architects. However, this

study is limited to the identification of facilitators and does not focus on inhibitors to adoption.

To succeed in BIM implementation, the complexity of BIM requirements, customers’

expectations, social aspects, company’s own organizational context, information and

communication technologies have to be taken into consideration (Tulenheimo, 2015). Another

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broader study reveals that advancement of new digital innovations has the potential to improve

design productivity dramatically. However, the major hindrance to the adoption process of these

technologies is caused by the existence of technical and organizational barriers (Ramilo & Embi,

2014).

Adoption of BIM among Malaysian architects has been reported as very low with no clear

identification of barriers that organizations are facing towards adoption (Mohd-Nor & Grant,

2014). In the UK context, several studies have been conducted to assess the adoption of BIM

within architectural firms(Arayici et al., 2011a, 2011b; Coates et al., 2010) studied adoption of

BIM by a small architectural firm with a socio-technical view and documented gains in

efficiency experienced by the firm. Qualitative research through semi-structured interviews to

identify implementation challenges faced by ten UK design firms reported that these firms face

technology related, project related, cost related and training related challenges (Navendren et al.,

2014). It is not clear whether similar challenges are being reported by other architectural firms in

UK or other markets. Also given that the rate of BIM adoption varies globally, with India

standing amongst the lowest with just 10-18% BIM adoption rate as compared to 71% users of

BIM in United states alone (Sawhney, 2014a), it might be inappropriate to apply the previous

findings to the Indian context. Although the past research reports lack of expertise, complexity of

BIM, resistance to explore new technology, lack of support from owners and other trade

partners, reluctance to change the traditional practice, and uncertainty about BIM platform as the

main reasons for not using BIM in India, these findings have not been validated (Khemlani,

2012; Kumar & Mukherjee, 2009; Sawhney, 2014b). Thus, it is imperative to study how

different factors can either encourage or prevent BIM adoption in the Indian AEC sector

especially among architectural firms. In order to address the above aforementioned gaps, the

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current research empirically examines the factors affecting BIM adoption in India within the

architectural community. Currently no study focuses on studying the organization wide adoption

factors for BIM using the TOE framework in India. The research specifically employs

Technology-Organization-Environment, (TOE) (Tornatzky & Fleischer, 1990) framework to

identify the drivers and inhibitors of BIM adoption in India and to investigate the technological,

organizational and environmental factors which affect architects' adoption behaviour towards

BIM.

Technology-Organization-Environment Framework

The TOE framework identifies technology, organization and environment as the three

sets of contextual factors by which an organization adopts innovations (Carnaghan, Klassen, &

Carnaghan, 2007). The TOE framework has a solid theoretical basis, strong empirical support &

has been applied to study adoption of technological innovations.(Oliveira & Martins, 2011).

Figure 2Figure 2 shows the TOE framework as proposed by (Tornatzky & and Fleischer, (1990).

identify the constructs within TOE framework for this research, a literature review of technology

adoption in small firms was conducted which ultimately led to identification of various factors

that may influence the BIM adoption decision of architectural firms in India. The

internal/external technologies connected to the firm describe the technological context; the

descriptive attributes of the firm describe the organizational context and environmental

characteristics include the industry, competitors, suppliers and government (Jain, Le, Lin, &

Cheng, 2011). Our research examines the influence of complexity, compatibility, and trialability

in technological context (Doolin & Al Haj Ali, 2008; Lin & Lin, 2008; Mirchandani & Motwani,

2001; Premkumar & Roberts, 1999; Ramdani, Kawalek, & Lorenzo, 2009; Roberts & Pick,

2004; Srinivasan, Lilien, & Rangaswamy, 2002; Zhu, Kraemer, & Xu, 2003); top management

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aforementioned gap, the current research..." What exactly is

the "gap" the research is going to address?", the authors state

that “Currently no study focuses on studying the organization

wide adoption factors for BIM using the TOE framework”.

Are the authors referring to the studies globally or just within

Indian? Also, the authors should explain clearly and explicitly

what the "gap" is in the manuscript

Response: The research intends to study how different factors

can either encourage or prevent BIM adoption in the Indian

AEC sector at the organisational level using the TOE

framework. Currently no study focuses on studying the

organization wide adoption factors for BIM using the TOE

framework in India.

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support, perceived financial cost, and BIM expertise in organizational context (Al-Qirim, 2007;

Balocco, Mogre, & Toletti, 2009; Doolin & Al Haj Ali, 2008; Grover, 1993; Huang, Janz, &

Frolick, 2008; Kuan & Chau, 2001; Lin & Lin, 2008; Moore & Benbasat, 1991; Premkumar &

Roberts, 1999; Zhu & Kraemer, 2005); and client requirements and trade partner readiness in

environmental context (Al-Qirim, 2007; Doolin & Al Haj Ali, 2008; Lin & Lin, 2008;

Premkumar & Roberts, 1999; Ramdani et al., 2009; Zhu et al., 2003)

Adoption and Implementation of

Technological Innovations

Technological context Availability Characteristics Internal and external

Environmental Context

Industry characteristics Government role Competition Structure

Organizational context

Size Processes and practices Linking structures (formal

and informal)

Figure 2: TOE Framework ((Tornatzky & Fleischer, 1990)

In the current research, TOE framework has been used for investigating the factors affecting

BIM adoption among architectural firms in India. As BIM, processes require organization wide

adoption (including adoption in the project delivery network) and as this research focuses on

studying the BIM adoption among architecture firms (and not individuals) an organizational-

level adoption theory is deemed suitable for the current research. In the past, studies have

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employed a number of innovation diffusion theories to study the adoption of technologies.

Though Technology Adoption Model (TAM) is one of the most frequently used frameworks to

study both individual and organizational level adoption, few scholars such as (Oliveira & and

Martins, (2011) have pointed that most of the theories such as Technology Adoption Model

(TAM), Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of

Technology (UTAUT) are suitable to study adoption among individuals, while few others others

such as Diffusion of Innovations theory (Rogers, 1983), the Diffusion/Implementation model

(Kwon & Zmud, 1987), the Tri-Core model (Swanson, 1994) and TOE framework are

appropriate to study organizational level adoption,. However, these theories, (except TOE) focus

on different stages of adoption and the adoption process at different levels in an organization and

are thus too broad for the scope of the current research, this study adopts the more compact TOE

framework. Evidence of TOE based empirical research can be consistently seen in the research

areas of information technology and commerce (Jain et al., 2011; Lin & Lin, 2008; Xu, Zhu, &

Gibbs, 2004; Zhu & Kraemer, 2005). The current research adopts the TOE framework to map the

trajectory of BIM adoption among Indian architectural firms. The study is built on the

conjectural and empirical evidence available on the use of the TOE framework in innovation

adoption.

Hypotheses Formulation

Using the TOE framework, following hypotheses were formulated and the proposed

structural model was developed which was then tested and validated:

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Complexity

As described by (Kumar & and Swaminathan, (2003), an innovation which is relatively

difficult to understand and use, is defined as complex. Studies reveal BIM as a complex process

(Howard & Björk, 2008; Tse, Wong, & Wong, 2005). Studies conducted in 2007 in the US and

Europe found that the existing BIM software is too complex to be used by most project team

members (Gilligan & Kunz, 2007; Howard & Björk, 2008). Existing literature on innovation

diffusion has shown that the rate of adoption decreases with the increase in implementation

complexity of an innovation (Howard & Björk, 2008; Kunz, J. and Fischer, 2007; Newton &

Chileshe, 2012; Russell & Hoag, 2004). That is, there is increased possibility of adoption if

innovation is less complicated and is easy to use. Because of this, we hypothesize:

H1: Complexity negatively affects BIM adoption

Compatibility

The degree of consistency and adaptability of a new innovation with an organization’s

existing operating procedures, needs, beliefs and values, and past experiences has been defined

as being compatible (Rogers, 2003). Increased compatibility between existing policy and

technology of an organization is positively correlated with the rate of innovation adoption

(Rogers, 2003). In the past research it has also been observed that new technology can bring

significant changes to current work practices and organizations are resistant to such change

(Premkumar & Roberts, 1999). Compatibility and interoperability have been reported as major

technology related barriers to BIM implementation (Azhar, Khalfan, & Maqsood, 2012). Thus, it

is important that any changes related to BIM are compatible with an organization’s existing

norms and practices, failing which it is unlikely for BIM to become an integral part of the

organization’s process. Hence, we propose that:

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H2: Compatibility positively affects BIM adoption

Trialability

Degree of experimentation available with any new innovation on a limited basis is

defined as trialability (Kumar & Swaminathan, 2003). An added advantage of trialability is the

opportunity to examine different benefits of BIM without putting company’s bottom line at risk

(Panuwatwanich & Peansupap, 2013). Greater possibility of innovation trialability reduces

uncertainty and tends to improve the rate of adoption. Therefore, we propose the following:

H3: Trialability positively affects BIM adoption

Top Management Support

One of the most widely accepted conditions for innovation implementation is the support

received from top management in an organization (Premkumar & Roberts, 1999). At the

organizational level, it is crucial to ensure support from the top management for adoption of a

new innovation (Arayici et al., 2011b; Linderoth, 2010; Xu et al., 2014). Greater encouragement

from the top management leads to increased BIM adoption benefits (Cao et al., 2015; Gu &

London, 2010; Xu et al., 2014). With the top management support, an organization can also

ensure that appropriate changes in business processes shall be introduced for successful

implementation. Because of this, we hypothesize:

H4: Top management support positively affects BIM adoption

Perceived Cost

BIM demands a high setup cost for initiating BIM implementation on architectural

projects. The costs can be categorized into one time setup costs and general system-related costs.

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All the expenses necessary for providing the technical and organizational solution formulates one

time setup costs (Bouchbout & Alimazighi, 2008) whereas as all the expenses pertaining to the

setting up the of system and prepare the organization for participation in the BIM environment is

termed as the general system-related costs. It is observed that innovations with lower perceived

financial cost, are more likely to be adopted by organizations. Hence, we propose that:

H5: High perceived cost negatively affects BIM adoption

Expertise

The availability of expertise can increase the level of innovation adoption. Expertise is

believed to improve the firm’s decision to implement technological innovation. Availability of

appropriate Information Systems expertise can increase the inclination to adopt complex

technological innovations (Crook & Kumar, 1998; Mcgowan & Madey, 1998). Empirical

evidence exists that firms with skilled and technological expert employees, have greater

prospects of establishing e-business applications (Eastman et al., 2011; Lin & Lee, 2005) which

suggests that highly specialized skills that are currently required, are relatively unique within the

industry. Past research highlights that BIM knowledge of employees is an important adoption

factor (Liu, Issa, & Olbina, 2010; Zakaria, Ali, Haron, Ponting, & Hamid, 2013). The firms with

technically skilled employees are more likely to adopt BIM applications. We hypothesize that

impact of expertise on BIM adoption decision is follows:

H6: BIM expertise positively affects BIM adoption

Trade Partner Readiness

(Grover, (1993) has pointed out that partner relationships and competitive pressure are

significant determinants of inter-organizational systems adoption and implementation.

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Competitive pressure has long been recognized as an important impetus for adopting innovations

(Kuan & Chau, 2001). More competitive pressure is believed to positively affect the rate of BIM

adoption in India (Sawhney & Singhal, 2013; Sawhney, 2014b). The study by (Liu et al., (2010)

revealed that the influence from other cooperating parties had a huge impact on company’s

decision to adopt BIM. Because of this, we hypothesize:

H7: Trade partner readiness positively affects BIM adoption

Client Requirements

McGraw Hill Construction (2014) states that there is an increased and effective adoption

of BIM when it is owner-driven and when project owner actively wants the project team to use

BIM, and that the number of owners demanding BIM on their projects is growing worldwide

(Mihindu & Arayici, 2008). The client-driven BIM mandate programs can enhance the rate of

BIM adoption within architectural firms in India. Hence, we propose that:

H8: Client requirements to implement BIM positively affects BIM adoption

Trust in Technology

Technology trust is defined as ‘the subjective probability by which organizations believe

that the underlying technology infrastructure is capable of facilitating transactions according to

their confident expectations’ (Ratnasingam, Pavlou, & Tan, 2002). Trust measures pervasive

perceptions about technology credibility. Trust has been a common issue deliberated in

discourses of research and practice communities (Miettinen & Paavola, 2014). It is believed that

successful implementation of BIM on construction projects will lead to trust in BIM processes

and applications (Eastman et al., 2011). Hence, we propose the following:

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H9: BIM adoption leads to trust in technology

Performance

Adopters of BIM believe that it helps in optimizing the time, cost and process efficiency.

BIM has been identified as a lean process to coordinate, visualize information, and facilitate

communication and to extract accurate quantities for estimating and ordering materials (Sacks et

al., 2010). Researchers envisage that an increased adoption of BIM throughout the construction

industry will lead to better-perceived BIM performance. Hence, we hypothesize that:

H10: BIM adoption leads to better perceived performance

Proposed Structural Model of BIM Adoption

. The proposed structural model is illustrated in Figure 3Figure 3

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COMPLEXITY

COMPATABILITY

TRIALABILITY

BIM Adoption

TOP MANAGEMENT

SUPPORT

PERCEIVED COST

BIM EXPERTISE

CLIENT REQUIREMENT

TRADE PARTNER

READINESS

BIM RELATED PERFORMANCE

TRUST

IC-2IC-1

ICOMP-1

ICOMP-2 ICOMP-3

ITRI-2

ITRI-1

ITM-1

ITM-2

ICOS-1

ICOS-2

ICOS-3

IEXP-1

IEXP-2IEXP-3

ICR-1

ITP-1 ITP-2

IADOPT-1

ITR-1

ITR-2

IP-1

IP-2

IP-3

IP-4

Figure 3: Proposed Structural Model of BIM Adoption among Architectural Firms in India

Circles represent exogenous latent variables or independent variable, the bold circles (with

double line type) represent endogenous latent variables or dependent variables and squares

represent indicator variables or items. This structural model uses the items provided in Table 1.

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Table 1: Multi-item scale for the Structural Model

Complexity

IC-1: We believe that BIM related software are complex to use

IC-2: We believe that BIM implementation is a complex process

Compatibility

ICOMP-1: BIM process is consistent with our beliefs and values

ICOMP-2: Attitude towards BIM in our organization has always been favourable

ICOMP3: BIM is compatible with our existing practice

Trialability

ITRI-1: Various software were available to us to adequately test run BIM functionalities

ITRI-2: We were permitted to use several BIM software on a trial basis long enough to see what

they can do

Top Management Support

ITM-1: Top management is interested in the implementation of BIM

ITM-2: Top management has effectively communicated its support for BIM

Perceived Cost

ICOS-1: BIM adoption has high set-up costs, running costs and training costs

ICOS-2: BIM adoption has high training costs

ICOS-3: Lead time for full-scale BIM implementation is relatively long

BIM Expertise

IEXP-1: Our employees are generally aware of the BIM functions

IEXP-2: Our firm has highly specialized or knowledgeable personnel for BIM process and

implementation

IEXP-3: Our employees are well trained in BIM

Client Requirements

ICR-1: Majority of the owners/sponsors request implementation of BIM

Trade Partner Readiness

ITP-1: Majority of project consultants are willing to implement BIM

ITP-2: Project consultants are generally very knowledgeable regarding BIM technical matters

Adoption

IADOPT-1: We have implemented BIM processes in some or all our projects

Trust

ITR-1: In our opinion BIM process is very reliable

ITR-2: We think BIM process is trustworthy

BIM related Performance

IP-1: Using BIM model improves the quality of work we do

IP-2: BIM implementation enhances our effectiveness on the job

IP-3: BIM implementation increases our productivity

IP-4: BIM provides more control and coordination of construction activities

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Research Design and Analysis

Research Measures and Questionnaire Design

Multi-item scales were adapted from previous literature and used to measure the

constructs of interest as described in Figure 2Figure 2 and Table 1.The original scale items were

to fit the current research context and environment based on expert review and panel discussion

by four experts (experts with more than 10 years of experience and expertise in BIM). Two of

the panel members were industry practitioners while other two were academic professionals. The

experts were individually asked to review the questions for problems and provide suggestions for

revising the questionnaire. As most of the research scales have been adopted from innovation

literature, the primary objective of expert panel review of questionnaire was to make the

questions more specific to BIM adoption. Following this, a panel discussion among these experts

resulted in generation of the measures for Client requirement and performance on the basis of

literature review specifically from (Chwelos, Benbasat, & and Dexter, (2001); Eastman et al.,

respectively. The questionnaire was also pre-tested with a sample of five architects. These five

respondents were then interviewed and they helped in identifying words, terms or concepts that

they did not understand or interpret consistently. On the basis of their feedback, necessary

modifications were made in the questionnaire which were primarily limited to rephrasing of the

question statements. The scales of complexity, compatibility and top management support were

adapted from (Grover, (1993), and consisted of two items, three items and two items,

The two-item scale of trialability was drawn from (Moore & and Benbasat, (1991). Perceived

financial cost and BIM expertise scales were adapted from (Kuan & and Chau, (2001); and (Lin

(2008) respectively and both comprised of three items. To measure trade partner readiness, trust

and technology adoption, two-item scale suggested by (Chwelos et al., (2001) two-item scale

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drawn from (Belanche, Casaló, & and Flavián, (2012) and one-item scale drawn from

al., (2002) were used, respectively. A seven-point Likert-type scale with anchors from “strongly

disagree” to “strongly agree” has been used to measure the scale items.

To ensure that common method bias (CMB) does not affect the interpretation of results, several

procedural remedies were employed in designing and administering the questionnaire. These

remedies included the use of pre-validated scales, protecting respondent identity, reducing

evaluation apprehension, counterbalancing of question order, and use of verbal midpoints for

measures (Podsakoff, MacKenzie, Lee, & Podsakoff, 2003).

Data Collection

The research data were collected from AEC industry professionals based in India. The

sample of Indian AEC industry professionals was drawn from membership database of Royal

Institution of Chartered Surveyors, India and a popular construction industry magazine. An email

was sent to the identified respondents that contained a URL to the questionnaire. The initial and

follow-up questionnaire requests resulted in 413 responses. 184 usable responses were eventually

collected (reasons for rejection varied from incomplete response to respondent not being from

the architecture domain). A post-hoc analysis revealed that the statistical power was above the

threshold of 0.80 which suggested that the sample size was large enough for the current research

(Cohen, 1988).

Respondent characteristics are presented in Table 2. In terms of industrial experience, almost

half of the respondents (40.8%) had more than 15 years of experience and approximately one-

fourth of the respondents had less than 5 years of experience in the architecture domain.

Table 2: Sample demographic characteristics

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Industrial experience Frequency %

<5 47 25.5

5-10 32 17.4

10-15 30 16.3

>15 75 40.8

Total 184 100

Data Analysis using Partial Least Squares

Partial Least Squares (PLS), specifically SmartPLS (Ringle, Wende, & Wil, 2005), was

used to estimate both the measurement and the structural models. PLS is more suitable for small

samples (Chin, Marcolin, & Newsted, 2003) as in the case of the current research where the

sample size of 184 was adequate but relatively small. Also the use of single-item measurement

scales in the current research made PLS a more appropriate method to use as unlike covariance

based Structural Equation Modelling (CB-SEM) where inclusion of single items mostly results in

model under-identification, PLS-SEM has no such restriction (Xiong, Skitmore, & Xia, 2015).

Additionally PLS-SEM relaxes the assumption of multivariate normality needed for CB-SEM

(Hair, Sarstedt, Ringle, & Mena, 2012; Xiong et al., 2015).

Scale Accuracy Analysis

The reliability and validity statistics of research measures are presented in Table 3 and

discussed next. Scale reliability was assessed in three ways—using an alpha coefficient of 0.6, a

composite reliability (C.R.) index of 0.7, and an average variance extracted (AVE) value of 0.5.

As shown in Table 3, all the alpha coefficients, C.R. estimates, and AVE values were above their

respective cut-offs. Thus, the results provided evidence for adequate scale reliability. To assess

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convergent validity, factor loadings of scale items on their corresponding constructs were

examined. All items loading were above the threshold of 0.7, except for one item from the scale

of compatibility, which loaded weakly, prompting its removal from further analysis. The

discriminant validity of the research scales was tested in two ways, including assessment of AVE

values and item cross-loadings. The square root of AVE value for each scale was higher than the

construct’s respective correlation with all other constructs (refer Table 4). Further, for each scale,

item cross-loadings were lower than its factor loadings. Together, the above results provided

evidence for convergent and discriminant validity.

Table 3: Scale Accuracy Analysis

Research

construct

Cronbach

α value

C.R.

Valuea AVEb

Factor

loadin

g

Highest cross

loading

Complexity IC-1

0.83 0.92 0.85 0.91 0.38

IC-2 0.93 0.39

Compatibility

ICOMP-

1 Item removed 0.66 -na-

ICOMP-

2 0.72 0.84 0.64

0.84 0.63

ICOMP-

3 0.88 0.58

Trialability ITRI-1

0.76 0.89 0.80 0.87 0.52

ITRI-2 0.91 0.45

Top

Management

Support

ITM-1

0.91 0.95 0.92

0.95 0.63

ITM-2 0.96 0.66

Perceived

Cost

ICOS-1

0.78 0.87 0.69

0.88 0.31

ICOS-2 0.83 0.44

ICOS-3 0.76 0.37

Expertise

IEXP-1

0.89 0.93 0.82

0.86 0.64

IEXP-2 0.93 0.69

IEXP-3 0.92 0.70

Client

Requirements ITP-1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.67

Trading

Partner

Readiness

ITP-2

0.83 0.92 0.85

0.94 0.63

ITP-3 0.91 0.61

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Adoption IADOPT

-1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.75

Trust IT-1

0.98 0.98 0.97 0.98 0.78

IT-2 0.98 0.76

Performance

IP-1

0.96 0.96 0.88

0.95 0.73

IP-2 0.96 0.73

IP-3 0.93 0.76

IP-4 0.91 0.71

Note: These values are based on a 7 point Likert-type scale with strongly disagree =1 to strongly agree= 7

aComposite Reliability; bAverage Variance Extracted

Scale item abbreviation: same as in Table 1

Table 4: Correlation Matrix

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ADOPTION 1.00

CLIENT

REQUIREMENT 0.38 1.00

COMPLEXITY -0.07 -0.06 0.92

COMPATIBILITY 0.56 0.39 -0.07 0.80

COST 0.08 0.04 0.42 0.12 0.83

EXPERTISE 0.75 0.49 -0.07 0.59 0.15 0.90

PERFORMANCE 0.45 0.31 -0.05 0.54 0.27 0.37 0.94

TOP

MANAGEMENT 0.59 0.37 0.03 0.67 0.28 0.58 0.55 0.96

TRADE

PARTNER 0.31 0.67 -0.08 0.37 0.09 0.40 0.34 0.35 0.92

TRIALABILITY 0.46 0.41 -0.07 0.52 0.00 0.43 0.36 0.45 0.39 0.89

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TRUST 0.51 0.42 -0.14 0.56 0.12 0.49 0.78 0.52 0.43 0.42 0.98

Note: Boldface items are the square root of AVE

Confirmed Structural Model and Hypothesis Testing

Figure 4Figure 4 presents the results of confirmed structural model and related

hypothesis. The R-squared (R2) was evaluated to assess the model fit of the proposed structural

model. A bootstrapping re-sampling procedure (500 samples) then proceeded to test the

proposed hypotheses using t-tests. As shown in Figure 2, the R² for BIM adoption was 0.617,

suggesting 61.7 per cent of the variance in the outcome variable. The R² for the other two

dependent variables, i.e., BIM related performance and trust were 0.210 and 0.269, respectively.

Together, the results implied a satisfactory and substantial model. The results of bootstrapping

re-sampling analysis indicated that the hypotheses coefficients for H3 (Trialability), H4 (Top

Management Support), H6 (Expertise), H9 (Trust), and H10 (Performance) were statistically

significant whereas H1 (Complexity), H2 (Compatibility), H5 (Perceived Cost), H7 (Trade

Partner Readiness) and H8 (Client Requirements) were not supported (see Figure 4Figure 4). In

Figure 4, the corresponding p values (represented by a, b and c) refer to the probability of

observed result.

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Figure 4: Confirmed Model of BIM adoption with hypotheses testing results (p-values, in order

to determine the significance of the results: a<0.05, b<0.01, c<0.001)

Discussion of the Results

With the TOE based framework shown in Figure 3, the scenario of BIM adoption by

architecture fraternity in India becomes evident. Broadly, the result manifests that BIM adoption

in architectural organization results in enhanced performance (H10) and increased trust in BIM

(H9). The result also demonstrates that trialability of the technology (H3), top management

support (H4), and expertise (H6) have a positive impact on BIM adoption. Surprisingly, the

confirmed path model does not support complexity of BIM implementation and use (H1),

compatibility and interoperability of BIM technology (H2), delivery network influences (such as

Commented [RA23]: "a<0.05, b<0.01, c<0.001" - These refer to p-values, in order

to determine the significance of the results.

In Figure 4, the corresponding p values (represented by a, b

and c) refer to the probability of observed result.

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trade partner readiness (H7) and client requirement (H8)). The outcomes of the study are

discussed in more detail below:

Technology Context

The study provides an understanding of the role of technology dimension in BIM

adoption among architects in India. The ability to experiment and trial BIM technology has a

positive impact on BIM adoption. The path coefficient from trialability to BIM adoption is

positive and significant (β=0.121; p<0.05) thus supporting the hypothesis (H3) that trialability

leads to BIM adoption (Fink, Harms, & Kraus, 2008). Internal organizational experts who can

trial BIM software are found to be influential in the BIM adoption decision of the organization.

The ability to use software especially on a pilot project enhances the chances of BIM adoption in

Indian architectural organizations. Past research has found limited impact of trialability on BIM

adoption (Panuwatwanich & Peansupap, 2013). The standardized path from compatibility to

BIM adoption is statistically insignificant (β =0.044), thus not supporting H2. For the Indian

architectural organizations compatibility and interoperability of BIM software tools and systems

has neither positive nor negative implications on BIM adoption. This finding does not fit with the

findings of previous studies conducted by other researchers globally. A separate section

explaining this finding and other disagreements in our findings is provided. ‘Complexity’ (β = -

0.003) is also found to have no significant effect on BIM adoption, thus rejecting H1. For the

Indian architectural fraternity, complexity of BIM does not influence their decision to adopt BIM

in their organizations. This finding is surprising and needs further analysis.

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Organization Context

‘Expertise’ (β =0.590; p<0.0001) has a significant positive impact on BIM adoption (H6)

within the Indian architectural firms. As an inward-looking organizational attribute this

demonstrates that architectural firms are more confident of BIM adoption when there is internal

expertise available within the organization (Langar, 2013). This validates the finding in earlier

studies (Tulenheimo, 2015)—availability of modelling expertise in house for precast concrete

design firms led to BIM adoption (Kaner, Sacks, Kassian, & Quitt, 2008) and higher BIM

adoption in China due to internal expertise resulting in perceived ease of use (Xu et al., 2014). In

the Indian architectural organization, an internal BIM champion is found to be most important in

successful BIM adoption.

‘Top Management Support’ (β =0.202, p<0.01), has shown reasonable positive impact on BIM

adoption (H4). Architectural firms in India are generally small and medium enterprises with

significant top-down hierarchical influences. Due to the licensing laws for architectural practice

in India, most firms are operating with a single or small group of architects at the helm. In these

types of organizations, support from the top management is a significant determinant of adoption

of innovation including BIM. This finding is in congruence with previous findings (Eastman et

al., 2011; Navendren et al., 2014; Xu et al., 2014).

‘Perceived Cost’ (β = -0.063) of BIM implementation does not have any significant influence on

BIM adoption in the Indian context as per the confirmed TOE model (H5). The respondents feel

that cost of BIM adoption, implementation, and ongoing cost does neither deter nor enhance the

chances of BIM adoption. This finding is not in congruence with previous findings. Some

industry reports suggest that many Indian architects already have made the initial investment in

the purchase of a popular BIM authoring software but the tool remains ‘shelved’.

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Environment Context

In the confirmed TOE model, trade partner readiness (β=-0.037) (H7) and client

requirement (β=-0.025) (H8) exhibited no significant impact on BIM adoption. In the Indian

context, the respondents confirmed that there is no impact of clients request and trade partner

readiness on adoption. This finding has been further explained under the analysis of divergent

results.

Implications of BIM Adoption on Trust and Performance

Respondents from the architectural community felt that BIM adoption in their

organizations resulted in increased trust (H9) in innovative technology in general. As

hypothesized, BIM adoption had significant positive effect on trust (β= 0.519; p<0.0001). This

aspect has been studied in the context of innovation in the construction industry and similar

findings have been reported by other researchers (Panaitescu, 2014).

Adoption of BIM increases performance of architectural firms in India. The TOE model shows

strong support for this assertion. The path coefficient from BIM adoption to performance is

positive and significant (β =0.459; p<0.0001). The extant literature on this issue also has reported

similar findings (Azhar et al., 2012; Barlish & Sullivan, 2012; Coates et al., 2010; Eastman et al.,

2011). A recent study conducted in China used ‘perceived usefulness’ as a latent variable for

BIM adoption and showed a strong linkage between this and BIM adoption (Xu et al., 2014).

Analysis of Divergent Results

Although most of the findings of our study are in sync with previous findings,

surprisingly and counterintuitively no significant relationship between complexity (H1),

compatibility (H2), perceived cost (H5) and delivery network influences such as trade partner

readiness (H7) and client requirements (H8) with BIM adoption was found. Most studies

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addressing drivers and barriers to BIM adoption have reported statistically significant influence

of these factors on adoption (Chien et al., 2014; Ding, Zhou, Luo, & Wu, 2012; Xu et al., 2014).

However, a similar divergent finding in the case of China, another late entrant in the BIM

adoption journey, has also been reported, in that ‘software compatibility and interoperability’ and

‘complexities’ do not influence adoption decision in the case of Chinese organizations (Xu et al.,

2014). How can this divergence from previous results be explained? Does this have any

relationship to the current state of BIM adoption in India?

Previously it has been reported that design disciplines, especially architecture, consider BIM as

an extension of computer-aided design while initially exploring BIM adoption (Gu & London,

2010). This shows that in the case of early adopters, the adoption decision considers

technological and organizational (internal) influences rather than environmental (external) ones.

Further, adoption is influenced by the overall adoption status and outlook of the market

nationally. Since India has been a late entrant in the BIM adoption process and the overall

adoption rate in India is low, adopters of BIM do not have a critical mass of early adopters to

follow and learn from. This further makes the organization look inward rather than outward. The

research by (Succar et al., (2012) introduces ‘organizational scale’ as developed for

the dimensions of diversity of markets, disciplines and company sizes. The study categorizes

AEC project at macro level, organizational teams at meso level and organizational member at the

micro level. This explanation can be further elucidated based on the ‘level-dimension’ as

(proposed by (Moum, (2010)), which represents the social context in which an organization is

placed while exploring interdisciplinary use of 3D modelling by designers. In this construct

social placement of the design organization is at three levels representing different external

boundaries and interfaces with other organizations. At the macro-level, overall project is

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considered along with social influences of all the other delivery network members. The meso-

level draws its boundaries to capture the entire design team on a project; fitting between the

macro and micro levels. The lowest level termed the micro-level focusses on the individual

practitioner or design organization and excludes social influences and externalities caused by

other delivery team members. The Indian architectural organizations are reportedly in their early

stages of BIM adoption journey—termed as the experimentation stage (Sawhney, 2014b);

placing the adoption journey somewhere between the micro- and meso-level. Therefore, the BIM

adoption decision is being made at the boundary of micro-level and meso-level with little or no

consideration for the rest of the project delivery network. This concept is shown in Figure 5

(where the level dimension is adopted from (Moum, 2010)).

Architects’ Team

Design Team

Architects’ Team

Structural Team

Other Designers

Project Team

Architects’ Team

Structural Team

Other Designers

Contractor

Sub-Contractor Client

Micro-Level Meso-Level Macro-Level

LOW

LOW

HIGH

HIGHCurrent Status of Adoption

INFL

UEN

CE

SOCIAL SETTING

Figure 5: BIM Adoption Journey for Indian Architects

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Factors such as compatibility, complexity, trade partner readiness, and client requirements have

limited or no influence on adoption as the decision is an intra-organization decision.

Furthermore, BIM adoption process is seen as emergent and dynamic in nature (Davies & Harty,

2011), and unfolds in an unpredictable way within an organization (Sackey, Tuuli, & Dainty,

2015). As the organization embraces BIM it understands the external connectivity of their

decision and influences that other organizations may have on their full utilization of BIM

(Yalcinkaya & Singh, 2015). Explaining the BIM capability stages as the major milestones to be

achieved by any organization in order to gain maximum benefits of BIM, (Succar et al., (2012)

defines BIM capability stage 1 as object modelling; BIM capability Stage 2 as model – based

collaboration & BIM capability stage 3 as network-based integration. The research further

asserts that an organization can achieve BIM capability stage 3 only if it uses a network- based

solution, i.e., an organisation not only develops technology by deploying an object-based

modeling (Technological factors); not only engages in a multidisciplinary ‘model-based’

collaboration (Organisational factors); but also links the object-model with external disciplines

(environmental factors).Therefore, the BIM adoption decision likely changes from an inward

looking decision based on internal technological and organizational factors such as expertise,

trialability, and top management support to a mix of technological, organizational and

environmental factors based decision.

Conclusion

The primary objective of this study was to develop a TOE based framework to investigate

the reasons for low BIM adoption among architectural firms in India. The research model

examines the influence of five contextual factors on BIM adoption. The study asserts and

statistically validates the factors influencing BIM adoption in architectural firms by showing that

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trialability, top management support and BIM expertise promotes BIM adoption. As a late

entrant in the BIM adoption journey, respondents in India did not exhibit the importance of

complexity, compatibility, perceived cost, trade partner readiness and client requirements in their

adoption decisions. This has been explained in the context of a social construct that places the

adoption in India between the micro- and meso-level at which external influences are shown to

be minimal. In conclusion, the study provides evidence that BIM adoption is an emergent and

dynamic process that evolves over time. Similar to China, this study confirms a similar situation

within Indian construction industry where the respondents have indicated support of BIM

professionals and senior management as important variables affecting BIM adoption. In addition

to this, the study also reports that BIM adoption provides performance benefits of improved

work quality, enhanced effectiveness on job, increased productivity, efficient coordination of

construction activities and trust in technology.

The current research relies on AEC industry professional’s self-reported data. Though difficult to

obtain, future research may consider employing observable indexes to measure constructs such

as BIM related performance in order to increase the robustness of the findings. Another limiting

issue is the cross-sectional nature of the data. Longitudinal data collection, despite being time

and resource intensive, could be useful in statistically corroborating the proposed causality and

thus should be pursued. Future research wishing to extend the applicability of the current

research framework could collect data in other countries.

Commented [RA24]: The text has been added in response

to the Reviewer Comment:

Although the authors have provided 3 major questions (in

page 3, line 27-38) that this research is going to address, they

still do not address and discuss those questions in the rest of

the paper, especially in the conclusion section

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